The Chicago Fire Department called a mayday while fighting an apartment fire in the city's Ukrainian Village neighborhood Friday.Firefighters responded to a still and box fire in the 2000 block of West Thomas Street at a multi-unit building.

A Chicago firefighter was rescued after he became trapped while battling a fire on the city’s Northwest Side Friday morning. Firefighters responded to an apartment building in the 2000 block of West Thomas in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood.

After mayday distress call late Friday morning, a firefighter and all building occupants escaped. The firefighter was hospitalized for observation, the Chicago Fire Department said.

The Chicago Fire Department called mayday while battling a Ukrainian Village fire Friday afternoon, but the situation quickly turned into a cat rescue.

Fire crews were sent into high gear on Friday morning after a mayday call was sent out for a trapped firefighter as crews battled a blaze on the city's Northwest Side.